NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



grounds in the autumn this species stays 

 with us all the year round, and has its 

 numbers greatly increased by migrants 

 arriving from the Continent. 



The Skylark breeds in cultivated and 

 uncultivated districts alike throughout 





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K'S NEST AND EGGS- 



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ll'he comitry. ' l^h'i't'e found its nest ^^•ithin 

 a few yards of ^ the open Atlantic and at 

 an elevation of nearly two thousand feet 

 above sea-level. 



The nest is placed on the ground in a 



